Car museums & collections in Norway

Nostalgia museum in Frøland (Samnanger), focused on the 1950s-60s, owned and operated by Anton Kåre Drønen in a former schoolhouse purchased in 2007; ground floor displays vintage vehicles and period artifacts, upper floor recreates everyday life of past decades.

Family-run private museum near Storforshei (Rana municipality), just off the E6, displaying over 20 vintage motorcycles from 1925-1985.

Volunteer-run technical museum in a former tram depot (Trikkestallen) in Møhlenpris, Bergen, with motor cars, commercial vehicles, a working heritage tram line, a print shop and a large model railway.

Museum in Kaupanger showcasing the personal collection of the late Bjarne Lerum, who collected and restored cars until his death in 2010; roughly 24 vehicles including five Mercedes-Benz SL models spanning 1956-2003.

Car-history center near Oslo Gardermoen airport run by Eight AmCars Club (founded 1977), preserving American 'orphan' makes that lost out to Ford and GM between 1946-1966; roughly 120 of the club's 400+ cars are on display.

Formerly Norway's oldest continuously operating car museum, located in a former brewery basement in Horten, covering automotive history from 1904 to 1973 with cars ranging from a De Dion-Bouton to Porsche 356 and Ferrari 246 GT.

Combined museum complex at Fornebu (Bærum) with a changing exhibition of classic and exotic cars, said to be Northern Europe's largest Vespa scooter collection, model aircraft and a model railway.

Volunteer/charity-run museum in central Narvik, entered through the War Museum and tourist information office, covering local vehicle history - everyday motoring, caravanning, buses, taxis and ferries - with a model railway of the Ofotbanen line.

Private collection of vintage vehicles and objects in the Verdal area, owned by collector Håkon Arndal.

Museum in Eide depicting the mining company of Nils 'Nilsen' Naas, exhibiting classic cars alongside tractors and mining equipment.

Private farm museum in Markabygda run by the Friberg family since 1990; tractors dominate the collection alongside cars, motorcycles, mopeds and everyday household antiques.

Self-owned foundation established 1990 on the Lindstad Vestre farm in Stange, preserving around 400 motorized vehicles and machines (roughly 200 on display) - predominantly tractors and stationary engines, but also vintage cars, motorcycles and construction machinery.

Preservation center run by Motorhistorisk Klubb Drammen (founded 1972) at the former Burud site in Øvre Eiker, focused on motor vehicles and memorabilia from the 1950s-70s, with garages, a workshop and a recreated vintage gas station.

Private tractor and motor museum near Sandefjord Torp in Stokke, founded 2003, focused on preserving historic tractors and motors alongside some vehicles.

State-run road-history museum complex near Hunderfossen outside Lillehammer, operated by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen). Includes the Norwegian Vehicle History Museum (Norsk Kjøretøyhistorisk Museum), with over 80 historic cars, motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles from the early 1900s to the 1990s, plus a large road-history exhibition and open-air museum park.

Norway's national museum for science, technology, industry, transport and medicine, in Oslo, with more than 25 exhibitions including automobiles, motorcycles, aircraft and trains.

Private marque-specific collection of Opel automobiles produced between 1909 and 1991, along with other Opel-branded objects and memorabilia.

Combined diner, café and small museum in Eiken (Agder) celebrating 1950s-60s American and Norwegian nostalgia; rebuilt after a fire destroyed the original building in December 2019. Regularly hosts classic car and motorcycle meets.

Museum run by classic car club Gammelbilens Venner (founded 1974) in Klepp, showing 100 years of automotive history including passenger cars, fire trucks, motorcycles and vintage workshop equipment.

Motorcycle museum, workshop and café in Magnor (Eidskog), displaying veteran motorcycles from the early 1900s to modern times.

Military museum at Setermoen (Bardu) with a large collection of armored and unarmored military vehicles used by Norwegian defense forces, alongside weapons and uniforms.

Cultural-history museum in Treungen (Nissedal, Telemark) with more than 50 thematic exhibitions, including a display of rare vintage cars alongside antique toys, hats, oriental rugs and other collectibles.

Privately owned museum in a former gas station in Ådalsbruk, Løten, established 2013, displaying around 80 motorcycles, mopeds and scooters plus roughly 40 old cars (oldest from 1923).